2018 Dhivehi Premier League

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Dhivehi Premier League
Season2018
ChampionsTC Sports
AFC CupTC Sports
Maziya
Top goalscorerMaldives Ahmed Rizuvan
(31 goals)
← 2017

The 2018 Dhivehi Premier League season is the fourth season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top-tier football league in the Maldives. It is the second edition held according to its new format. The season features ten teams, increased from eight teams from last season; six teams from 2018 Malé League and four teams from 2018 Minivan Championship.[1]

Qualified teams[edit]

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Locations of the 2018 Dhivehi Premier League teams


Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Qualified format Ref
Green Streets 2018 Malé League top 6
Eagles 2018 Malé League top 6
Fehendhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
Foakaidhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
Maziya 2018 Malé League top 6
New Radiant 2018 Malé League top 6
Nilandhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
Thimarafushi Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
TC Sports 2018 Malé League top 6
Victory 2018 Malé League top 6

Personnel[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head Coach Captain
Green Streets Maldives Ali Suzain Maldives Ashad Ali
Eagles Maldives Mohamed Shiyaz Sri Lanka Sujan Perera
Fehendhoo Maldives Ismail Anil Maldives Adam Naseem
Foakaidhoo Maldives Ali Nisthar Mohamed Maldives
Maziya Maldives Ismail Mahfooz Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant Maldives Sobah Mohamed Maldives Ali Fasir
Nilandhoo Maldives Assad Abdul Ghanee Maldives Ahmed Ali
Thimarafushih Maldives Amien Shah Maldives Ibrahim Amir
TC Sports Maldives Mohamed Nizam Maldives Farrah Ahmed
Victory Maldives Mohamed Nazeeh Maldives Shafiu Ahmed

Foreign players[edit]

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian)
A. A. Maalhos Spain Angel Carrasco Muñoz Pakistan Saqib Hanif
Green Streets Ukraine Petro Kovalchuk Ukraine Ilya Sobol[3] Slovakia Viliam Macko Japan Jun Kochi
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo Uzbekistan Abbos Saidov Uzbekistan Jamshid Qosimov
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Spain Pecharroman Alain Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Dzhanybekov
Maziya Serbia Miloš Kovačević Croatia Andrej Kerić Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Mihajlovic Syria Mahmoud Al-Youssef
New Radiant Spain Adrián Gallardo Valdés Spain Candela Montenegro Stevan Marković Lebanon Hussein El-Dor
Sh. Milandhoo
TC Sports Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Egypt Easa El-Maghrabi Egypt Halil El-Bezawy Nepal Kiran Chemjong

League table[edit]

All ten teams play in the first stage. Afterwards, only the top eight teams play in the second stage.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 TC Sports Club (C) 16 13 0 3 53 12 +41 39 Qualification for 2020 AFC Cup group stage
2 Maziya 16 12 2 2 51 17 +34 38[a] Qualification for 2020 AFC Cup preliminary round 2
3 Eagles 16 12 2 2 62 12 +50 38[a]
4 New Radiant 16 8 4 4 44 22 +22 28
5 Green Streets 16 8 2 6 35 29 +6 26
6 Faafu Nilandhoo 16 4 1 11 20 60 −40 13
7 Shaviyani Foakaidhoo 16 3 3 10 16 39 −23 12
8 Victory[b] 16 2 4 10 10 36 −26 7
9 Baa Fehendhoo 9 1 1 7 2 30 −28 4 Relegation play-offs
10 Thaa Thimarafushi 9 0 1 8 2 37 −35 1
Source: FIFA
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head results: Eagles 2–2 Maziya, Eagles 0–1 Maziya.
  2. ^ Victory was docked 3 points for failing to pay over players' wages.[4]

Season statistics[edit]

As of 30 November 2018

Scoring[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles 31
2 Maldives Ali Ashfaq TC Sports 22
3 Maldives Ali Fasir New Radiant 15
Ukraine Roland Bilala Green Streets
5 Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya 14
6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Maziya 11
Maldives Mohamed Naim Eagles
8 Maldives Ishan Ibrahim TC Sports 8
Maldives Ibrahim Mahudhee TC Sports
Maldives Naiz Hassan Maziya
Ghana Adoku Kweku Lucas Nilandhoo

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Result Date
Maldives Ali Fasir New Radiant Thimarafushi 10–0 28 June 2019
Maldives Hamza Mohamed New Radiant Thimarafushi 10–0 28 June 2019
Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla4 Maziya Nilandhoo 7–0 3 July 2019
Maldives Abdulla Misbaah Green Streets Nilandhoo 6–0 16 July 2019
Maldives Ismail Easa Maziya Victory 5–0 29 September 2019
Maldives Ali Fasir New Radiant Fehendhoo 11–0 1 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan4 Eagles Thimarafushi 9–0 2 October 2019
Maldives Naiz Hassan Maziya Green Streets 5–1 3 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Foakaidhoo 5–0 6 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan5 Eagles Fehendhoo 5–0 11 October 2019
Ukraine Roland Bilala Green Streets Victory 4–1 12 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Nilandhoo 7–2 17 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Nilandhoo 8–0 21 October 2019
Maldives Mohamed Naim Eagles Nilandhoo 8–0 21 October 2019
Maldives Ali Ashfaq4 TC Sports Victory 4–0 22 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan4 Eagles Green Streets 7–0 29 October 2019
Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya Nilandhoo 6–1 29 October 2019
Maldives Mohamed Samir TC Sports Foakaidhoo 5–1 30 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Foakaidhoo 5–0 8 November 2019
Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya Foakaidhoo 5–0 21 November 2019
Maldives Ali Ashfaq4 TC Sports Nilandhoo 7–0 22 November 2019
Ukraine Roland Bilala4 Green Streets New Radiant 5–1 22 November 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles TC Sports 4–4 30 November 2019
  • 4 Player scored four goals
  • 5 Player scored five goals

References[edit]

  1. ^ Maldives 2018, RSSSF.com
  2. ^ a b c d "THIMARAFUSHI, NILANDHOO, FOAKIADHOO AND FEHENDHOO QUALIFIED TO PREMIER LEAGUE". MaldiveSoccer. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Илья Соболь: "На Мальдивах на тренировки добираемся вплавь"". footboom.com.
  4. ^ "މުސާރަ މައްސަލައެއްގައި ފީފާއިން ވިކްޓަރީގެ ޕޮއިންޓް އުނިކޮށްފި" (in Divehi). FIGC. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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